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Name: MARS
Launched:
Completed: 1876
Builder: James Jackson, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 85grt, 11nrt, 86.8 x 14.2 x 9.2ft; (1876: 84grt 15nrt, 26.02 x 5.34 x 2.77metres)
Engines: L1cyl, 35nhp
Engines By: J Readhead, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 70409
History:
06/03/1876 William Stephenson, George Strong & James Strong, North Shields
06/03/1876 Registered at North Shields
12/1876 D Recaredo de Uhagón, Madrid; registered at San Sebastián
1891 No further history known
Comments: 1876: Uhagón was a civil engineering and dredging contractor
1888: Based at Seville
26/10/1891: Sank in port at Mahón, Minorca in a storm
18/11/1891: Raised, with considerable difficulty
1891: Listed in Spanish register, but not in 1902, so perhaps did not return to service
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo courtesy of David Asprey